Kurt Wallander - the inspector, who worked in the area south of Sweden - in The Grave is looking at a house which he is considering purchasing. A facelift has been decided necessary, but the house has a large garden and a beautiful view. While Wallander walks through the garden, he trips over something. Just as he is on the way to his car to leave, asks himself what he has stumbled upon. He walks back the garden and sees that it was a decomposing human hand.